r18137 - gnucash/trunk/src/engine - Fix bug #586295 - Patch supplied by Daniel Harding. Use the executable module to determine

[Phil Longstaff]

Author: plongstaff
Date: 2009-06-19 20:05:59 -0400 (Fri, 19 Jun 2009)
New Revision: 18137
Trac: http://svn.gnucash.org/trac/changeset/18137

Modified:
   gnucash/trunk/src/engine/binreloc.c
Log:
Fix bug #586295 - Patch supplied by Daniel Harding.  Use the executable module to determine
the installation directory rather than the registry contents.  Allows a locally built gnucash
to use its own libraries, not the libraries in any installed version.


Modified: gnucash/trunk/src/engine/binreloc.c
===================================================================
--- gnucash/trunk/src/engine/binreloc.c	2009-06-19 16:50:08 UTC (rev 18136)
+++ gnucash/trunk/src/engine/binreloc.c	2009-06-20 00:05:59 UTC (rev 18137)
@@ -51,11 +51,10 @@
 	gchar *prefix;
 	gchar *result;
 
-	/* From the glib docs: This function looks in the Windows
-	   Registry for the value #InstallationDirectory in the key
-	   #HKLM\Software\${package}, and if that value exists and is
-	   a string, returns that. */
-	prefix = g_win32_get_package_installation_directory ("GnuCash", NULL);
+	/* From the glib docs: When passed NULL, this function looks
+	   up installation the directory of the main executable of
+	   the current process */
+	prefix = g_win32_get_package_installation_directory_of_module (NULL);
 	result = g_build_filename (prefix,
 				   "bin", "gnucash-bin.exe",
 				   (char*)NULL);